In its first outlining of "meaningful action" geared toward preventing future mass shootings, the White House this afternoon said President Obama "strongly" supported the renewal of the assault weapons ban, and would also seek to improve gun control by "reexamining gun laws."

"He is actively supportive of, for example, Sen. [Dianne] Feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban," press secretary Jay Carney told reporters. "He supports and would support legislation that addresses the problem of the so-called gun show loophole, and there are other elements of gun legislation that he could support...high capacity ammunition clips, for example. That is certainly something he would be interested in looking at."